epithelialization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of assembling an epithelium from non-epithelial cells, such as in the process of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree English epithelial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English epithelialization From epithelial + -ization.